AIHA: DOL gives no evidence for decision to change teen worker safety rule
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) says the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has presented no scientific evidence for its proposal to let healthcare workers as young as 16 operate power-driven patient lifts without adult supervision.
The Fair Labor Standards Act rule, which the DOL says will expand employment, training and apprenticeship opportunities for 16-and-17-year-olds in healthcare occupations, will remove a prohibition from the Department's Hazardous Occupations Orders (HO) 7.